Julie Moore

This article looks at two areas, parts of speech and lexicogrammar, which provide a foundation for the basic analysis skills learners need to make sense of new language.

This year we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the ETpedia series and it’s 5 years since the publication of ETpedia Vocabulary. Here, Julie Moore looks back at some of the new words and shifts in language that we’ve seen over the past decade, and picks out ten words that she thinks exemplify some of the trends.

There are three distinct aspects of an English idiom. They are fixed expressions with a meaning which is not always obvious. They also have quite a complex meaning which is understood by a certain group.